Raúl Toro | |
Fullname: | Raúl Toro Julio |
Birth Date: | 21 February 1911 |
Birth Place: | Copiapó, Chile |
Death Date: | [1] |
Death Place: | Santiago, Chile |
Position: | Centre forward |
Youthclubs1: | Lord Cochrane |
Clubs1: | Caja de Ahorros |
Years2: | 1933 |
Years3: | 1933–1934 |
Clubs3: | Santiago Wanderers |
Years4: | 1935 |
Years5: | 1935–1937 |
Clubs5: | Santiago Wanderers |
Years6: | 1937–1943 |
Clubs6: | Santiago Morning |
Years7: | 1944 |
Years8: | 1945–1948 |
Clubs8: | Santiago Wanderers |
Nationalyears1: | 1936–1941 |
Nationalteam1: | Chile |
Nationalcaps1: | 13 |
Nationalgoals1: | 12 |
Raúl Toro Julio (21 February 1911 – 30 October 1982) was a former Chilean international footballer who played as a forward.[2] Several ex-footballers consider him the best player from the early history of football in Chile.
Toro was a successful attacker for the Chilean senior national team with 12 goals in 13 matches including appearances at two South American Championship (Copa América), and was the top scorer of the 1937 South American Championship.[3] At the time of his retirement as international in 1941 he was Chile's top scorer before Guillermo Subiabre (who scored 10 times by 1930).